--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: E5X00000 Date: 05/26/97 From: HOWARD CONAWAY Time: 01:50pm \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Notice of Appeal - useful free form * Originally By: Bob Hirschfeld * Originally To: All * Originally Re: Notice of Appeal - useful free form * Original Date: 21 May 97 00:06:00 * Original Area: National Civil Liberties Discussion Echo. * Forwarded by : Blue Wave/386 v2.30 (YOUR NAME) (YOUR STREET ADDRESS) (YOUR CITY/STATE/ZIP) (YOUR PHONE NUMBER) Appellant, In Propria Persona (NAME OF COURT WHERE JUDGMENT/DECREE TO BE APPEALED WAS ENTERED) (CAPTION OF YOUR CASE:)_________) (Edit to make it look similar to) No. (CASE NUMBER OF CASE documents filed in your case)__) IN WHICH JUDGMENT TO BE ________________________________) APPEALED WAS ENTERED) ________________________________) NOTICE OF APPEAL ________________________________) NOTICE IS GIVEN that (YOUR NAME) hereby Appeals from the (Judgment/Decree/Decision, etc.) entered herein on (DATE JUDGMENT WAS SIGNED) by the Honorable (NAME OF JUDGE OR JUDICIAL OFFICIAL WHO SIGNED JUDGMENT) in the above-captioned action. Dated: (DATE) _____________________________ (YOUR NAME) (YOUR STREET ADDRESS) (YOUR CITY/STATE/ZIP) (YOUR PHONE NUMBER) Appellant, In Propria Persona Original filed with the Clerk of this Court, along with any fees required by the clerk, and copies mailed/delivered on this date (DATE OF FILING/MAILING) to: (NAME AND ADDRESS OF OTHER PARTY OR ATTORNEY FOR OTHER PARTY) (NAME AND ADDRESS OF JUDGE WHO SIGNED THE JUDGMENT APPEALED FROM) (OTHER PARTIES WHO RECEIVED COPIES IN THIS CASE) =========================================================================== INSTRUCTIONS AND PRECAUTIONS FOR USE OF THE NOLAWYER NOTICE OF APPEAL 1. NEVER assume that a universal document is correct for your state and court; try to determine BEFORE YOU FILE if the above form will be acceptable to the Clerk of your court. It is believed by NOLAWYER to contain the minimum basic elements for the filing of a notice of appeal anywhere, but no guarantees of format, sufficiency or acceptability are made. 2. Find out IMMEDIATELY how many days you have from the date of signing of your Judgment/Decree or other FINAL order to file a Notice of Appeal. In some courts and in some kinds of cases, it can be 10, 20 or 30 days. IF YOU WAIT BEYOND THE APPEAL PERIOD FOR YOUR CASE, YOU HAVE LOST YOUR RIGHT OF APPEAL AND CANNOT FILE THE NOTICE. SPEED IS CRUCIAL!!!! 3. Check with the Clerk of Court as to where the Notice of Appeal and subsequent papers are to be filed. In most instances, the initial Notice of Appeal is filed in the Court that issued the Judgment or Decree that you are appealing, not in the higher appeals court. Later papers may go to the higher court, depending upon procedures in your state. Ask the Clerk to be sure! 4. The Clerk may, instead of accepting this form, require that you use the Clerk's own provided form. Go with the flow. Fill out theirs, if that's what they want. What's important is to FILE A TIMELY NOTICE OF APPEAL TO STOP THE CLOCK FROM RUNNING. 4. You may be required, depending on your state and court rules, to pay various fees or bonds along with the Notice of Appeal. The Clerk should be able to tell you what these are. There may be a simple Appeal Filing Fee. If the judgment you are appealing requires you to pay a sum of money, the filing of the Notice of Appeal alone may not stop the other party's right to collect. A "supersedeas bond" in the amount of the judgment or larger may be required to be posted in order to stop collection or execution of the judgment while it is on appeal. 5. To carry through your appeal, be prepared to arrange and pay for, if necessary, the preparation of a complete Court Reporter's Transcript of what was said at your trial, if any, and possibly to pay for the Clerk's photocopy costs required to send the Appeals Court a copy of the file (the papers filed by both sides plus notations or memoranda placed into the file by the Court itself. You may be required to obtain a "docket" or listing of the papers already in your court file, originals or copies of which will be sent up to the higher court. In some instances, you may save a portion of the clerk's photocopying expense by giving the clerk a clearly prepared list of only those docket papers which you wish to have the court of appeals refer to. Safest is to let all the court's docketed papers be transmitted to the higher court. 6. EITHER you will be sent a "briefing schedule" telling when your "Opening Brief" will be due, or your state may have a fixed number of days (usually more than 30) AFTER the Notice of Appeal is filed, in which you must prepare and file your Opening Brief. Beware! Failure to pay fees or to timely file the Opening Brief may result in permanent dismissal of your Appeal. Sometimes a written motion for extension of time will succeed in delaying the briefing schedule, BUT THE NUMBER OF DAYS FOR FILING THE NOTICE OF APPEAL IN MOST CASES CANNOT BE EXTENDED. For more information on the use of this form, or the process of self-representation on appeal, see: Web Page: http://www.nolawyer.com/nolawyer Copies of the foregoing form, "NOTICE OF APPEAL" may be obtained in paper form by emailing applfido@nolawyer.com, stating your snailmail ddress, telephoning (602) 265 4692, or as files usable in a number of popular word-processor formats by Internet anonymous FTP by requesting the following File Transfer: ftp://ftp.primenet.com/users/n/nolawyer/nappl.exe The file downloaded to your computer will be found in your browser or ftp download directory. It may be moved to another convenient directory, and the command NAPPL typed. The file will unzip itself into several word-processor version files, including: NAPPMSW5.DOC Microsft Word for Dos version 5.0 and higher NAPPMSW6.DOC Microsoft Word for Windows 2.1-6.1 NAPPMSWW. Microsoft Windows Write 3.x NAPPWP4. Word Perfect for DOS 4.0 and higher NAPPWP5. Word Perfect for DOS 5.0 and higher NAPPWP6. Word Perfect for Windows 6.0 and higher NAPPAMI. Ami Pro 1.x-3.1 NAPPWS33. Wordstar 3.3 and higher NAPPWS70. Wordstar 7.0 NAPPWSFW. Wordstar for Windows NAPPMCII. MacWrite II, 1.0-1.1 (extract file on IBM compat) NAPPMCWR. MacWrite 4.5-5.0 (extract file on IBM compat) NAPPASC.TXT Ascii Text readable by almost any word processor You may edit the form with your word processor, or, because it is so simple, you may simply reproduce the form with a typewriter, filling in the appropriate information. Make extra copies to present to the clerk for stamping and/or for delivery or mailing to the Judge and the other parties to the appealed action. DON'T LET BAD JUDGMENTS/DECREES BECOME PERMANENT! APPEAL THEM!!!!!! You Should Immediately File an APPEAL Against WRONGFUL COURT JUDGMENTS But there's a VERY SHORT TIME LIMIT in which to file - If you wait too long, you lose your right to appeal! HOW2 File and Brief Your Appeal Without A Lawyer In most courts, you have at least one right of appeal to the next higher court. There is a specific statutory "appeal time" for every type of action, varying from 10 days in many traffic courts to 30 days in divorce and civil Superior Court cases (and a special 90 day period which applies only to the United States Supreme Court). If you don't formally initiate the appeal process during this very short time, you are forever precluded for appealing. Therefore, you must make up your mind very quickly after first learning of a new, unsatisfactory Final Decree, Final Order or Judgment. The Clock is running. If you are dissatisfied with the court judgment, the attorney who represented you may, for his own reasons, not want to do the appeal. Allowing him to drag out decision-making until it is too late kills late, kills your right to appeal. If you are in the narrow time slot after entr -!- DB 1.58/004910 ! Origin: Bob Hirschfeld, Moderator, FidoNet CIVLIB Echo (1:114/74.2) --- Blue Wave/386 v2.30 * Origin: Nerve Center - Where the spine is misaligned! (1:261/1000) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: E5Y00000 Date: 05/28/97 From: RICH WOODS Time: 9:435am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: The best defense..... * This message forwarded from private area of Rich Woods * Original message dated 27 May 97 23:05:06, from Jury Rights Project Apparently-to: rich.woods@realpix.ronly.org From: Jury Rights Project Subject: The best defense..... "The best defense is a good crowd of friends." by the Jury Rights Project May 28, 1997 Below is a part of the transcript of the first day of the trial of Laura Kriho. Kriho was tried for contempt of court after she was the lone holdout on a jury in a drug possession case in Gilpin County, Colorado. This partial transcript is presented not just because of its remarkable entertainment value (it is high comedy:), but as a lesson: WHEN YOU GO TO COURT, TAKE SOME FRIENDS WITH YOU. Friends can: - give moral support to the defendant, - give an audience for the defense attorney, - attract media coverage, and, most importantly, they can effectively UNNERVE AND DISTRACT THE PROSECUTOR just by their mere presence. CAST OF CHARACTERS: THE COURT: Former prosecutor and Colorado First Judicial District Chief Judge Henry Nieto MR. STANLEY: Deputy D.A. Jim Stanley MR. GRANT: Paul Grant, defense counsel for Laura Kriho DEPUTY STEVENS: Gilpin County Sheriff's Deputy LAURA KRIHO: Defendant, on trial of contempt of court based on evidence of "improper" jury room deliberations. AUDIENCE: Over 70 different supporters of Laura Kriho plus many news media representatives. The events described below happened in the Judge's chambers after the Judge had denied several media requests for video and audio coverage of the trial. *****************BEGIN TRANSCRIPT*************************** District Court, Gilpin County, State of Colorado Case No. 96-CR-91 --------------------------------------------------------------- REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT --------------------------------------------------------------- PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF COLORADO, Plaintiff, V. LAURA KRIHO Defendant. Day 1 of the Trial Proceedings October 1, 1996 Page 8 (Following proceedings held in Chambers.) THE COURT: We'll return to the People versus Kriho; 96 CR 91. Record should reflect we are in Chambers. Deputy DA and a Gilpin Sheriff's Department deputy are present. Mr. Grant and his client are present. Mr. Stanley, you've indicated you wished to have some matter on the record here. MR. STANLEY: Yes, Judge, thank you. During the short open court session that we just had, the initial first session on this case where there was nothing more than, you know, certainly no testimony but there were comments, brief arguments and positions stated by both litigants and then rulings stated by Your Honor, what happened in the back of the courtroom what I experienced, and what the deputy sheriff, the acting bailiff who was standing at the side, and I'm sorry, you're Deputy -- DEPUTY STEVENS: Stevens. MR. STANLEY: -- observed and supports the concern I had earlier this morning, Your Honor, I heard various different levels of what I will characterize as just general commotion and description of sighs, grunts, escalated whispering and all of this in the wake of the Court making a ruling, or some comment being made that clearly was not appreciated by one or more people in the audience. And I turned and looked out there, I could see exactly -- what I anticipated and what I expressed to the Court this morning I saw people rolling their eyes, doing the back head gestures, arms up in the air, quick turnarounds, the obvious major head turning with a sole purpose for the people in the front of the courtroom, the people, litigants, possibly Your Honor, I don't know, to see this. It's clear that these people want to express however subtle or to what ever degree, their views and their opinions about this proceeding and this contempt citation and this court process. Deputy, you also overheard some comments, did you not? DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir. MR. STANLEY: Deputy, your full name? DEPUTY STEVENS: My name is Richard Joseph Stevens, Jr. MR. STANLEY: You're a deputy sheriff with Gilpin County, sir? DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir. MR. STANLEY: You were in court just now? DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir. MR. STANLEY: Would you please tell the Judge what you -- either what you overheard or heard during the proceeding? DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir. I heard numerous acts of commotion but also after Your Honor made the decision on the cameras, I observed and heard a gentlemen in the front row say -- excuse my language, -- fucking asshole. I heard "asshole" very well. The first part of that was a little bit more mumbled. That's what I felt he said. MR. STANLEY: And was this in the wake of the Judge's ruling? DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir, it was. MR. STANLEY: Was it clear to you that the term, fucking asshole, was directed to the Court, to the Judge. DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir. MR. STANLEY: Was there anything else that you heard? DEPUTY STEVENS: No, sir. Just some grunts. MR. STANLEY: Did you see the movements and the various grunts? DEPUTY STEVENS: Yes, sir, I did. MR. STANLEY: Judge, my concern here is, here is a person out in the back of the courtroom calling Your Honor a fucking asshole, and we haven't even started the trial yet. Your Honor, we have not even started. This is substantive and the information that clearly is going to be stuff these people don't want to hear, and I'm concerned about this. I think this is only the tip of what's going to happen through the entire process, if we don't get this nipped in the bud. THE COURT: Mr. Grant? MR. GRANT: Judge, Mr. Stanley has more sensitive ears than I. I heard some noise at the ruling, and I didn't hear any words. I heard some noise, some mumbling, muttering, whatever, and I'm sure there was some movement in the audience. And part of the reason why we have public trials is so that the public can hear these things and yet not be disruptive and clearly we don't want to encourage that and we don't mind -- I mean we don't have a problem with the Court admonishing them -- the audience -- to behave properly and that disruptive behavior won't be tolerated. On the other hand, if somebody rolls their eyes that's certainly their prerogative, if they're not disrupting the Court. People can't sit there stone gazed if they have a strong reaction and there was a very, very important ruling there on the right of the public to see this trial, so somebody was concerned. I can understand if somebody was offensive and obnoxious and disruptive, I don't support that at all, so I don't have a problem with the Court advising the people in the courtroom that that's disruptive behavior and is not going to be tolerated and additionally I have a request. I understand the purpose of Deputy Stevens being in the courtroom but I would ask if he could find another location for him. He is a huge man, and he is armed, and he's standing right next to the defendant and that makes her uncomfortable, so if we can find a better place. THE COURT: I'm not going to direct the deputy on how to conduct the security on where he chooses to be. ... I will briefly and mildly admonish this group. I did not hear the comments and I don't intend to take any action on comments that I did not hear. *****************END TRANSCRIPT*************************** When the court was reconvened in the courtroom, Mr. Grant again stated that his client was uncomfortable with an armed deputy standing only a few feet behind her. Grant asked Judge Nieto if the defense could switch tables with the prosecution. Stanley objected vehemently, "I don't understand how the presence of a peace officer could be a problem for someone... It just doesn't make any sense to me." Judge Nieto ordered Stanley to switch tables with the defense. That was one of the few rulings won by the defense over the next two days. Kriho's trial had begun: an inquisition into the private deliberation processes of Ms. Kriho and nine of the other jurors who served with her. The courtroom was packed during both days of Kriho's trial. Prosecutor Jim Stanley continued to be agitated and flustered by the whispering, eye-rolling, and "back head gestures" he perceived from the audience. However, the judge saw no problems and did not give in to Stanley's desire to have the courtroom cleared. Laura said later that having the courtroom packed with people helped enormously. She only wished her friends could have been with her in chambers to witness the prosecutor and deputy say "fucking asshole" to the judge. Thanks to all the people who attended Laura's trial!!! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Presented as a Public Service by the: Jury Rights Project (jrights@welcomehome.org) Background info.: http://www.execpc.com/~doreen To be added to or removed from the JRP mailing list, send email with the word SUBSCRIBE or UNSUBSCRIBE in the title. Donations are requested for the court appeals to overturn the conviction of former juror Laura Kriho, convicted of contempt of court for failing to volunteer information about her political beliefs during jury selection: -- Laura Kriho Legal Defense Fund -- c/o Paul Grant (defense attorney) Box 1272, Parker, Colo. 80134 Email: pkgrant@ix.netcom.com --- --- DLG Pro v1.16/DLGMail v2.63 * Origin: I Didn't Inhale - Honest! - Clinton - White House, Washington, DC (1:209/245) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: EA200000 Date: 05/30/97 From: L P Time: 10:47am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Norml News 05/29/97 NORML News - May 29, 1997 A NON PROFIT LEGAL, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION The NORML Foundation 1001 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW SUITE 1010 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 T 202-483-8751 F 202-483-0057 E-MAIL NORMLFNDTN@AOL.COM Internet http://www.norml.org NEWS RELEASE ** NEWS RELEASE ** NEWS RELEASE ** NEWS RELEASE Congressman Barney Frank To Introduce Federal Medical Marijuana Legislation Next Week May 29, 1997, Washington, D.C.: Federal legislation to provide for the medical use of marijuana will be introduced in Congress next week, Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass.) announced today. The bill is cited as the "Medical Use of Marijuana Act." "I support the medicinal use of marijuana and increasingly a number of people seem to agree, as evidenced by the successful referenda in California and Arizona," said Frank. "What we need to do to get marijuana into the hands of the truly suffering is remove the federal controls on marijuana so the states can determine this issue for themselves." Therefore, the pending legislation states the following: "No provision of the Controlled Substances Act [or] ... the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act shall prohibit or otherwise restrict -- (1) the prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a physician for medical use, (2) an individual from obtaining and using marijuana from a prescription or recommendation of marijuana by a physician for medical use by such individual, or (3) a pharmacy from obtaining and holding marijuana for the prescription of marijuana by a physician for medical use under applicable state law in a State in which marijuana may be prescribed or recommended by a physician for medical use under applicable State law." The legislation reschedules marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II under federal law, thereby making it legal to prescribe. Rescheduling marijuana allows states to legally implement different systems for growing and distributing medical marijuana on a state-by-state basis. It also removes the threat of federal prosecution physicians currently face in states that already allow doctors to prescribe or recommend marijuana under state law. Presently, 24 states including the District of Columbia have laws endorsing the use of medical marijuana. The "Medical Use of Marijuana Act" also requires the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to provide marijuana for all research projects that are FDA approved. Currently, NIDA's refusal to supply marijuana for medical research -- presumably based on the Clinton Administration's opposition -- prevents researchers from conducting federal studies on the drug's therapeutic value. Mandating NIDA to provide marijuana for legitimate scientific endeavors will break this logjam and clear the path for further, necessaiy research in this area. NORML Executive Director R. Keith Stroup, Esq., who worked with Frank's office in drafting the language for the bill, said the legislation is a "streamlined effort to get marijuana into the hands of those seriously ill patients who require it." "Historically, states have been more receptive to the medical marijuana issue than the federal government," Stroup explained. "This legislation addresses this paradigm and eftectively gets the federal government out of the way of those states that wish to make marijuana available as a medicine. The drive to permit the legal use of marijuana as a medicine took a giant leap forward in November when voters in California and Arizona overwhelmingly approved state initiatives allowing patients to use marijuana legally under a doctor's supervision. "After watching the states act on their own [in November,] I thought the best thing to do would be to simply remove those federal restrictions which block the usefulness of a state's decision to permit the medical use of marijuana," explained Frank. "I'm hoping that people who say they are motivated by states' rights on a number of issues will be consistent and support my states' rights legislation in an area which provides a great deal of relief from suffering for a number of people. For more information, please contact either Keith Stroup or Paul Armentano of NORML @ (202) 483-5500. Rep. Barney Frank's office may be contacted @ (202) 225-5931. -END- MORE THAN 10 MILLION MARIJUANA ARRESTS SINCE 1965 . . . ANOTHER EVERY 54 SECONDS! --- * Origin: 61 deg. 25' N / 149 deg. 40' W (1:17/75) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: EA200001 Date: 06/01/97 From: MODERATOR AUTOPOST OF RULES Time: 12:63am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: NORML Echo Guidelines ECHO AREA: NORML MODERATOR: Rich Woods, 1:209/245.0 CoMODERATOR: L P, 1:17/75.0 DISTRIBUTION: Fidonet Backbone TITLE: Electronic Media Venture Marijuana Information DESCRIPTION: This echo is for the discussion and exchange of: information regarding the rescheduling of HEMP MEDS for affordable health care & maintenance, and as an effective medicine that is a non toxic, "Nature's Remedy", self-administrable medication with remarkably few side effects, which can be useful for AIDS with wasting syndrome and AIDS therapy, AZT, AMOVATIONAL SYNDROME, ALCOHOLISM, ANOREXIA NERVOSA, ANTIBACTERIAL CBD DISINFECTION, ANXIETY, APPETITE STIMULATION, ARTHRITIS, ASTHMA, CANCER THERAPY, CHRONIC PAIN, CORN PLASTERS & POULTICES, DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT, DYSMENORRHEA, EMPHYSEMA, EPILEPSY, an EXPECTORANT, EYE DISEASES, GLAUCOMA, HEAD INJURIES, HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, INSOMNIA, MIGRAINE HEADACHES, MOOD DISORDERS, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS & SPASMS, NAUSEA, NEURALGIA, NEUROLOGIC DISEASES, MUSCLE SPASMS, PMS, RHEUMATISM, SICKLE-CELL ANEMIA, a SALIVA REDUCER, SLEEP & RELAXATION, SPASM DISORDERS, STRESS DISORDERS, TUMORS, and other therapeutic uses and disabling and/or degenerative medical and emotional conditions; information regarding HEMP as a renewable, natural resource, for the manufacture of products such as fiber, fiberboard, food, fuel, oil, paints, paper, pulp, rope and sealants; and news regarding HEMP and HEMP-related progress, and newsletters and views on HEMP & Marijuana and their uses. 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The rules in effect are posted monthly in the echo and FidoNet's Elist. --- DLG Pro v1.16/DLGMail v2.63 * Origin: I Didn't Inhale - Honest! - Clinton - White House, Washington, DC (1:209/245) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: EAB00000 Date: 06/05/97 From: RICH WOODS Time: 2:26Eam \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: CC: Cannabis Canada seized in Saskatoon * This message forwarded from private area of Rich Woods * Original message dated 04 Jun 97 18:58:27, from Cannabis Canada Apparently-to: Rich.Woods@REALPIX.ronly.org From: muggles@hempbc.com (Cannabis Canada) Subject: CC: Cannabis Canada seized in Saskatoon Organization: Cannabis Canada http://www.hempbc.com/ The following is an article that appeared in Saskatoon's StarPhoenix, about the police raid and seizure of paraphernalia, grow books and magazines like Cannabis Canada and High Times. This is the first time that Cannabis Canada magazine has ever been seized on the shelves in Canada, and the first time for High Times since the ban on "pro-drug" literature was deemed unconstitutional in the Ontario Court of Justice. *** Note that in the post "2 Stores Raided Within 24 Hours of New Drug Law" we incorrectly identified the store Vinyl Exchange was in Regina. It is in fact in Saskatoon. *** * StarPhoenix Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, May 30 Store busted for dope magazines By Dan Zakreski of the StarPhoenix Saskatoon bookstore operators are outrages by a police raid on a downtown store that resulted in criminal charges against the owner and the seizure of a number of cannabis-related books and magazines. On may 15, police raided the Vinyl Exchange on 128 Second Avenue Borth and seized owner Mike Spindloe's inventory of Cannabis Canada, High Times and Hemp Times magazines, plus an array of pipes and smoking paraphernalia. Spindloe is facing charges of selling literature that promnotes illicut drug use. He appears in provincial court June 25. The magazines are avialavle in at least 15 other Saskatoon bookstores, says Midwest News Agencies sales manager Glen Roney, the local wholesaler. "These are all mainstream magazines, between 15 and 20 stores carry some or all of the titles. In the case of High Times (an American Magazine), it comes through Canada Customs and is distributed nationally," he said. "These Magazines are not drug paraphernalia." City Police Sgt. Dave Kovach said the raid and charges stemmed from an investigation by an officer, not a complaint. Kovach issued a word of caution to other bookstore owners. "The Criminal Code is very clear. If we see this literature in other stores, they could be charged as well," he said. "Anyone that has this literature can face the same consequences. . .search, seizure, and charges." Robert Green at Broadway Book Marchants, which sells Cannabis Canada, says he's concerned with the police action "beacuse it censorious, and that's always a concern for someone in the information business. This is certainly disturbing." Ernie Meili at Saskatoon Bookstore says the police targeting one store "is not fair," and he suggests the department may not be up on its law. "They absolutely do not have the right," he said. Assed Darwin Megyesi at the Readers Nook: "I don't agree with the seizure, but I won't worry about it until someone tries to tell me what I can't sell in my store." As for Spindloe, he says the experience had been like "waking up in a bad dream that doesn't stop. It's been like a break-in." Spindloe knew something was up when a plainclothes officer he knew came into the store and purchased a copy of Cannabis Canada. He exited the store "and waved his arm. Car doors opened up all over the street and seven plainclothes officers came into the store with a search warrant and started loading material into boxes." He estimated police seized $4000 worth of merchandise. Spindloe has since started a petition aimed at getting the charges dropped and the merchandise returned. He is also accepting donations for a defence fund. -- Dana Larsen (muggles@hempbc.com) Editor, CANNABIS CANADA, "Canada's National Magazine of Marijuana & Hemp" Subscribe to Cannabis Canada! Call 1-800-330-HEMP for info. Write to: Suite 504, 21 Water St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1A1 Visit Cannabis Canada online at http://www.hempbc.com - Dana Larsen (muggles@hempbc.com) Editor, CANNABIS CANADA, "Canada's National Magazine of Marijuana & Hemp" - Subscribe to Cannabis Canada! Call 1-800-330-HEMP for info. Write to: Suite 504, 21 Water St., Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1A1 Visit Cannabis Canada online at http://www.hempbc.com - To unsubscribe from this list send an email to majordomo@netnation.com with the words "unsubscribe cclist" in the body of the message. --- --- DLG Pro v1.16/DLGMail v2.63 * Origin: I Didn't Inhale - Honest! - Clinton - White House, Washington, DC (1:209/245) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: EAC00000 Date: 06/06/97 From: L P Time: 09:06am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: Norml News June 5, 1997 A NON PROFIT LEGAL, RESEARCH, AND EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATION The NORML 1001 CONNECTICUT AVENUE NW Foundation SUITE 1010 WASHINGTON, D.C. 20036 T 202-483-8751 F 202-483-0057 E-MAIL NORMLFNDTN@AOL.COM Internet http://www.norml.org . . . a weekly service for the media on news items related to Marijuana Prohibition. June 5, 1997 H.B. 1782 -- The Federal Medical Marijuana Bill -- Introduced In Congress June 5, 1997, Washington, D.C.: Rep. Barney Frank (D-Mass) introduced legislation in Congress on June 3, 1997, to provide for the medical use of marijuana. The bill is cited as House Bill 1782, the "Medical Use of Marijuana Act." The bill is expected to be referred to the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Crime. That committee is chaired by Rep. Bill McCollum (R-Fla.), a two-time former co-sponsor of medical marijuana legislation. House Bill 1782 reschedules marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule II under federal law, thereby making it legal to prescribe. Rescheduling marijuana allows states to legally implement different systems for growing and distributing medical marijuana on a state- by-state basis. It also removes the threat of federal prosecution physicians currently face in states that already allow doctors to prescribe or recommend marijuana under state law. Presently, 24 states including the District of Columbia have laws endorsing the use of medical marijuana. Rep. Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) signed on to the legislation yesterday. For more information, please contact either Keith Stroup or Paul Armentano of NORML @ (202) 483-5500. Rep. Barney Frank's office may be contacted @ (202) 225-5931. California Senate Overwhelmingly Approves Medical Marijuana Research Bill June 5, 1997, Sacramento, CA: The California State Senate voted 27-8 to approve bi-partisan legislation that would establish a state medical marijuana research program at the University of California to study the safety and efficacy of medical marijuana. The margin of approval was enough to qualify the bill as an "urgency measure," mandating that it will take effect immediately if passed into law. The measure now stands before the full Assembly. "The sooner S.B. 535 becomes law, the sooner we will have the research needed to formulate intelligent rules and regulations for a legal pharmaceutical cannabis market," said California NORML coordinator Dale Gieringer, who supports the bill. Gieringer said that the Senate was likely persuaded by the California Medical Association's (CMA) recent endorsement of S.B. 535. Under the bill, research would be conducted under controlled, scientific conditions on patients suffering from AIDS wasting syndrome, glaucoma, cancer, multiple sclerosis, seizure disorders, and from nausea associated with cancer chemotherapy. For more information, please contact either Dave Fratello of Americans for Medical Rights @ (310) 394-2952 or the office of Sen. John Vasconcellos @ (916) 445-9740. Florida Medical Association Endorses Medical Use of Marijuana June 4, 1997, Fort Lauderdale, FL: One of the nation's largest state medical associations favors the use of marijuana as a medicine and is urging the federal government to permit controlled clinical trials to further evaluate the drug's therapeutic potential. The Florida Medical Association (FMA) passed resolution #97-61 on June 1, 1997, which pronounces the following: * The FMA urges the state and federal governments and the U.S. Public Health Service to allow limited access to medical marijuana. * The FMA urges Congress, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to expedite unimpeded research into the therapeutic potential of smokable marijuana. * The FMA shall present this resolution to the American Medical Association. Dr. Mark LaPorta, Treasurer of the Dade County Medical Association, praised the FMA's decision to endorse the use of medical marijuana. "Thousands of patients and doctors have found that marijuana is therapeutically beneficial. It is unconscionable for our government to tell us we cannot even discuss marijuana in our offices," he explained. Toni Leeman, President of the Florida-based Coalition Advocating Medical Marijuana (CAMM), said that the FMA resolution could be a pivotal first step legalizing marijuana for medical use in Florida. "We trust that by 1998 the patients in Florida will no longer have to suffer needlessly or risk incarceration" for using an effective medicine, she said. "With the support of the FMA, we are that much closer to rational legalization in Florida." Florida case law already exempts some seriously ill patients who use marijuana as a medicine. For more information, please contact Toni Leeman of CAMM @ (305) 576-2337 or Allen St. Pierre of The NORML Foundation @ (202) 483-8751. Oakland City Council Passes Resolution Protecting Medical Marijuana Users June 5, 1997, Oakland, CA: The Oakland City Council unanimously passed a resolution urging law enforcement not to arrest and prosecute individuals involved with the "possession, purchase, distribution, cultivation, manufacture, or transportation of marijuana or cannabis products for medical use." The new resolution is the latest in a series of official policy pronouncements from the City of Oakland expressing a tolerant attitude toward medical marijuana activities. "A sensible marijuana policy is good for patients and good for the City of Oakland, and our elected representatives recognize that fact," said Robert Raich, Esq. of Oakland, who lobbied for the legislation. Resolution #73555 gives an official green light not only to the cultivation of marijuana for medical use, but also to the manufacture of products such as hashish, hash oil, tinctures, and all manner of baked goods and other edible preparations. For more information, please contact attorney Robert Raich @ (510) 338-0700 or Dale Gieringer of California NORML @ (415) 563-5858. Connecticut To Emerge As One Of Few States Willing To Extend Welfare Benefits To Marijuana Felons June 5, 1997, Hartford, CT: Legislative leaders proposed that individuals convicted of marijuana felonies should remain eligible for entitlements such as welfare and food-stamps, despite a federal law passed last year allowing states to deny assistance-based benefits. "There's no reason to single out drug offenses from all others," state legislator Ellen Scalettar told the New York Times on May 29. "Punishment [for drug offenses] shouldn't go on forever." The newspaper reported that conservative governor John Rowland also supports the effort. Senate Amendment 4935, introduced by Sen. Phil Gramm on July 23, 1996, allows states to deny federal cash aid and food stamps to anyone convicted of felony drug charges, including most individuals found guilty of marijuana cultivation or sale. The bill is not retroactive and only applies to future convictions. President Bill Clinton signed the bill into law on August 22, 1996. NORML Executive Director R. Keith Stroup stated that Gramm's --- * Origin: 61 deg. 25' N / 149 deg. 40' W (1:17/75) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 173 NORML Ref: EAC00001 Date: 06/06/97 From: L P Time: 09:06am \/To: ALL (Read 0 times) Subj: 2 Norml News June 5, 1997 provision inappropriately targets marijuana smokers and applauded Connecticut's decision to extend federal benefits. "Under current federal law, a murderer, rapist, or robber could receive federal funds and benefits, but not most individuals convicted of cultivating marijuana -- including those who do so for a legitimate medical need. It is commendable that the Connecticut legislature is injecting some common sense to an irrational federal policy." Connecticut's decision to offer the benefits would set it apart from 24 other states that have proclaimed they will no longer offer entitlements to drug felons, a recent survey by the National Governor's Association found. Five states -- Colorado, Hawaii, Minnesota, Oregon, and Rhode Island -- plan to continue the benefits to drug offenders who qualify for family welfare, the survey reported. The Connecticut General Assembly is expected to approve the language as part of a major welfare-reform bill in a special legislative session this summer. For more information, please contact either R. Keith Stroup or Paul Armentano of NORML @ (202) 483-5500. -END- MORE THAN 10 MILLION MARIJUANA ARRESTS SINCE 1965 . . . ANOTHER EVERY 54 SECONDS! --- * Origin: 61 deg. 25' N / 149 deg. 40' W (1:17/75)